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Dhaka: The son of
former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia and 29 others were
Sunday indicted by a special court for a grenade attack in 2004
that killed 24 people.
The special court framed the charges against 30 people, including
Zia's son Tarique Rahman, who is currently in Britain, Xinhua
reported.
The court set March 28 for the next hearing in the case.
Twenty-four people, including Awami League leader Ivy Rahman, wife
of President Mohammad Zillur Rahman, were killed in the grenade
attack targeting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a rally in Dhaka
Aug 21, 2004.
Around 200 people, including then opposition leader Hasina, were
injured.
The attacks were believed to have been carried out by outlawed
Islamist group Harkat-ul Jihad al Islami (HuJI).
Zia, also chairperson of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist
Party (BNP), said political vendetta was to blame in both her
sons' prosecution during Hasina's regime.
Last year, her younger son, Arafat Rahman, now in Thailand, was
sentenced to jail for six years on corruption and money laundering
charges.
Since the end of her government in 2006, Zia's elder son Tarique
has faced 14 cases on charges of corruption and extortion.
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